Start Exploring Museums Across Los Angeles
Los Angeles is home to one of the world's most diverse museum landscapes, with everything from world-renowned art institutions and science centers to historic sites, cultural museums, and immersive experiences.
LAMuseums.com helps you explore museums across Los Angeles County, whether you're visiting for the first time, planning a day out, or rediscovering your own city.
From iconic destinations like the Getty and LACMA to distinctive experiences like Battleship IOWA, discover museums and experiences for every kind of explorer.
Featured Guides
Start with our most popular museum guides, designed to help you quickly find the right museums by interest, audience, location, and budget.
The Most Unique Museums in Los Angeles: Experiences You Won’t Find Anywhere Else
Los Angeles has world-class art museums, science centers, and cultural institutions. Still, some of the city’s most memorable museums are hard to compare to anything else.
The Best Interactive Museums in Los Angeles: Hands-On and Immersive Experiences
The city’s best interactive museums range from traditional science centers filled with hands-on experiments to children’s museums built entirely around play and historic environments where simply moving through the space becomes part of the experience.
Explore by Interest
Find the museums that match what you love. Explore Los Angeles through art and design, science and nature, culture and entertainment, or history and immersive experiences.
Art & Design
Explore Los Angeles museums focused on art, architecture, photography, contemporary work, and design.
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Science & Nature
Discover museums centered on science, fossils, astronomy, engineering, marine life, and the natural world.
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Culture & Entertainment
Explore museums devoted to film, music, popular culture, identity, and the creative industries that shaped Los Angeles.
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History & Experiences
Discover history museums, historic places, immersive experiences, military history, and the stories that shaped Southern California.
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Waterfront & Regional Guides
Explore museums and attractions along the Los Angeles and Long Beach waterfront, from historic ships and maritime history to marine life, local culture, and harbor-area experiences.
The Best Maritime Museums in Los Angeles and Long Beach
Explore maritime museums in Los Angeles and Long Beach, including historic ships, naval history, port history, marine life, and Southern California’s working waterfront.
The Best Museums Near Long Beach
Explore museums near Long Beach, including art museums, aquariums, historic ships, maritime museums, and cultural attractions across both sides of the harbor.
All Museum Guides
Browse all of our Los Angeles museum guides by interest, experience, and location.
The Best Museums Near Long Beach
Explore museums near Long Beach, including art museums, aquariums, historic ships, maritime museums, and cultural attractions across both sides of the harbor.
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The Best Maritime Museums in Los Angeles and Long Beach
Explore maritime museums in Los Angeles and Long Beach, including historic ships, naval history, port history, marine life, and Southern California’s working waterfront.
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The Best History and Experience Museums in Los Angeles
Explore Los Angeles history museums, historic ships, cultural institutions, and immersive places where visitors can experience history in context.
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The Best Culture and Entertainment Museums in Los Angeles
Explore Los Angeles museums devoted to film, music, cultural identity, automobiles, the American West, and the creative industries that shaped the city.
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The Best Science and Nature Museums in Los Angeles
Explore the best science and nature museums in Los Angeles, including dinosaurs, space, marine life, fossils, engineering, and hands-on discovery.
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The Best Art and Design Museums in Los Angeles
Explore the best art and design museums in Los Angeles, from the Getty and LACMA to contemporary art, photography, architecture, and automotive design.
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The Best Museums for Kids in Los Angeles: A Family Guide by Age and Interest
Discover the best museums for kids in Los Angeles, with family-friendly picks for dinosaurs, science, ships, cars, fossils, hands-on learning, and different age groups.
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The Best Interactive Museums in Los Angeles: Hands-On and Immersive Experiences
The city’s best interactive museums range from traditional science centers filled with hands-on experiments to children’s museums built entirely around play and historic environments where simply moving through the space becomes part of the experience.
Read Guide →
The Most Unique Museums in Los Angeles: Experiences You Won’t Find Anywhere Else
Los Angeles has world-class art museums, science centers, and cultural institutions. Still, some of the city’s most memorable museums are hard to compare to anything else.
Read Guide →
Best Museums in Los Angeles: A Guide to Art, Science, History and Culture
Explore the best museums in Los Angeles, from world-class art and science institutions to film, natural history, automotive, cultural, and immersive experiences across the city.
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